Pink Taco -- the real thing is better

Pink Taco
(310) 789-1000
10250 Santa Monica Blvd (the Westfield Mall in Century City)
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Hours of Happy: 3:00-7:00 M-F

Food - 6
Prices - 5
Service - 7
Bonus +2 for three hours of free parking
Total - 20

I know it is sacrilege to some for me not to LOVE Pink Taco, but I am just not enamored with this place (as so many others are). It's passable Mexican food in a loud place full of pretentious people. I've been there a lot, and this is always the case. That said, the outdoor patio is wonderful for a summer evening (except for the smoking and ridiculously uncomfortable benches), and the waitstaff is always nice, if not particularly bright or competent. Also, if you are looking to meet single professionals, you could do worse. There is a large communal table on the patio and every time I've been here, it's been full of young, fun people having a pretty good time.

For this Happy Hour, we had the Casa Strawberry Margarita, the Pink Taco Margarita, the Guacamole, a Steak Quesadilla and a Mushroom Quesadilla for a grand total of $31.19 plus tip. At six bucks each, the apps don't feel as discounted as they should be for Happy Hour, but they were pretty tasty. The waitress warned us that the quesadillas were really small, and I don't know where she's been eating, but they were the exact size I'd expect -- not Grande Lux Cafe excessive, nor LUXE Cafe Rodeo tiny. With this faux warning, we expected to order more, but after all of that, the two of us were quite full.

The margaritas were drinkable. They didn't live up to my San Antonio standards, but few do. If you're not a margarita snob, you'll have no problem with these.

I guess the score should be higher, because I don't really have anything bad to say, and maybe I'm just predisposed to hate PT because I've encountered so many douchebags there, so I'll leave you with this -- two people ate, drank, were full of tasty food, surrounded by folks having a very good time, and left for $40. Assign your own numerical score to that.